Feldman is a professor of chemistry at Pennsylvania State University. His research interests in the area of organic synthesis focus on two diverse areas: the synthesis of natural product molecules, such as the secondary plant metabolites known as ellagitannins and gallotannins, and the de novo assembly of organic zeolites with long-range periodic three-dimensional order. Feldman arrived at Harvey Mudd as a graduate of Miami Beach Senior High School in Florida and earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1984 from Stanford University.